Coats Latest Denise Coates: the quiet queen of online betting Profiles Denise Coates set up a business from a portable office in a car park in Stoke on Trent in the early 2000s. What she built from there was a money-printing machine. Jane Lewis reports. Profiles If you'd invested in: Coats Group and Mothercare Features Venerable British thread-maker Coats is flying high, while Mothercare continues to struggle. By Ben Judge Published 27 January 17 Features